This diary by Markos got the phones ringing off the hook at CT NOW headquarters. I got a call from our Exec Director, Kathleen Sloan, a few hours ago and she said that she was getting calls from as far away as California about her Feb. 1 press release. And she’s gotten an avalanche of emails thanking CT NOW for rebuking Lieberman for his vote on Alito.

She had sent the Press Release out after Lieberman’s last Alito vote around Feb. 1. The only call CT NOW got back then was from Lieberman’s office. They called to complain about the press release to CT NOW’s political director. They said that Lieberman has always supported women’s rights in the past and he didn’t deserve the treatment he got in our Feb. 1 press release.

Kathleen asked me why all the sudden interest in a press release she sent out a few weeks ago. I checked DailyKos and sure enough Markos Moulitsas, the founder of DailyKos, had posted a diary about CT NOW’s Feb. 1 press release and asked readers to call CT NOW thanking us for our stand. He posted this diary partly as a response to the new law banning abortions in South Dakota.

DailyKos diary by the founder of that blog Markos Moulitsas "CT-Sen: NOW gets it"

Kos links to blogger firedoglake diary "Ned Lamont and NOW" (you may have to do a find on the title to find it)

I had sent the Lamont campaign the CT NOW Feb. 1 press release and it was Ned Lamont who gave it to blogger firedoglake, who was impressed. Markos read firedoglakes blog and linked to it.

The power of the netroots!!!

I hear that NARAL is feeling the heat and is "irritated" by all the phone calls and emails they are getting. I’m also told that they "do not like you very much."

Well they can just sit over there and whimper with Church Lady Brady, Lil’ Debbie Howell and Ole 60 Grit O’Beirne in the honorary FDL WATB chair. Being on their shit list is a badge of honor as far as I’m concerned.

Jane Hamsher

Jane is the founder of Firedoglake.com. Her work has also appeared on the Huffington Post, Alternet and The American Prospect. She’s the author of the best selling book Killer Instinct and has produced such films Natural Born Killers and Permanent Midnight. She lives in Washington DC.Subscribe in a reader